Trick playing card assembly



Nov 1, 1949. w. H. TUCKER 2,486,449

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Patented Nov. 1, 1949 units!) STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,486,449 TRICK PLAYING CARD ASSEMBLY William H. Tucker, Columbus, Ohio Application September 8, 1944, Serial No. 553,230

7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in playing cards.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a trick deck of playing cards wherein the cards are interconnected in such relation that they may be manipulated by unskilled persons for the performance of tricks such as an expert can accomplish with a conventional deck.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a. part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts thruout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view showing one section of a card of the deck.

Figure 2 is a complementary section of the card.

Figure 3 is a view showing the assemblage of the card sections of Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a View of the assemblage of one section of a card to another section of an adjacent card, showing the manner in which the cards of the deck are initially interconnected.

Figure 6 is a view of interconnected sections of adjacent cards showing relative different positions of the assembled sections of adjacent cards.

Figures 7, 9, 10 and 11 are views showing, rather diagrammatically, the manner in which various tricks can be performed with the improved playing card deck.

Figure 8 is a view of the intermediate portion of a deck of the improved cards extended to show the manner in which the cards are relatively connected to each other;

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only a preferred embodiment of the invention, the letter A may generally designate the deck of playing cards. It may include the individual cards B, made up of sections C and D for the slidable interconnection of adjacent cards of the deck.

The card section C is preferably provided with a vertically disposed rather narrow card attaching strip I5 formed by Vertical slitting the section 0 along lines It and I1. These slits may be of any desired width, altho in the drawings the width has been rather exaggerated in order to more clearly designate the principle of assembling the cards. The slits I6 and I! at one end of the card are laterally extended at I8 and I 9 in right angled relation, for short distances across the width of the card, and. similarly at the other end of the card the slits l6 and I! are laterally extended at 20 and 2| respectively. The slits 20 and 2| are extended in line 's1its 20 and 2N to the sides of the card. This permits the assemblage of the. retaining stripportion l5 of the card section C to the card section D of an adjacent card in a relation which will be subsequently described.

The card section D, which is complementary to the section C in the formation ofa card B, includes a horizontally disposed central retaining strip 25 formed by horizontally slitting the card at 26 and 21 for a portion of the width of the card; the ends of the slits 26 and 21 terminating short of the side edges of the card part D. The card section D is provided with an adhesive surface 28 marginally bordering the card, and which is for the purpose of applying the section C tothe section D so as not to interfere with the slidable action of adjacent cards when assembled.

An individual card B has the appearance of the card shown in Figure 3 of the drawings when the sections C and D are assembled, altho they are not assembled in adhering relation until the adjacent cards B of the deck are interconnected in the relation shown in Figure 8.

Each card section D on the face opposite the edge adhesive surface is provided with pips or card markings 30, asshown in Figure 5 of the drawings. The card section. C on the. exposed face is formed with markings conforming to the back of playing cards, and which markings may be of such nature as to camouflage the slits forming the retaining strip IS.

The manner of assembling the sectionsC and D of adjacent cards is shown in Figure 5 of the drawings. One upper corner tab of the card section C may be folded back upon the other top portion of the card part to the point of extension of the slit line "5, as shown in Figure 5 of the drawings, and then the two tab ends at the top of the card section 0 may be slipped thru the slits 21 and 26 of the card section D, as shown in Figure 5 until the retaining strip I5 is: moved into the slits 26 and 21 and thus interconnecting the retaining strips [5 and 25. The folded tab portion of the card part C may then be straightened out and the cards B completed by attachment of their complementary sections. It is, of course, necessary to interconnect the retaining strips or portions l5 and 25 of the card sections before the individual card sections secured together by the aforesaid adhesive. This may progressively be accomplished thru the deck, as will be appreciated from the foregoing description.

The action of interconnected sections C and D of adjacent cards is shown in Figure 6 wherein these card sections C and D of adjacent cards have their retaining strips 15 and 25 interconnected. It is possible to turn the card sections of adjacent cards in either direction thru more than 90 but less than 180 of movement, and. it is also possible to vertically or endwise slide the ladjacent cards in relation to each other, for la considerable distance.

The outer face sections of the end cards of the deck are imperforate, because obviously there is no need of slitting them.

In Figure 8 of the drawings is shown a deck of cards with the deck open and the end cards in superposed position. The intermediate part of the deck shows the cards spaced, as would be the case when the ends of the deck are pulled apart manually. Under these conditions, the strips I and 25 will flex slightly and present the accordion effect shown in Figure 8.

In Figure 7 is shown a performers hand holding the entire deck of cards. extended. The entire deck may be extended thru the palm of the hand and along the wrist without fear of detachment of the cards in the deck, because of the interconnected relation above described.

In Figure 9 is shown an operator grasping the deck between the thumb and. forefinger at an end of the deck and the deck held downward fanwise with the cards extended. Of course there is no liability of the detachment or falling apart of the cards of the deck.

In Figure 10 is shown an operator stretching the deck horizontally in end to end extended relation.

In Figure 11 is shown a 360 fanwise extension of the cards with the cards held in a single hand of the user. I

A multitude of tricks can be performed in addition to those above described. These views represent, in a general way, the relation in which the cards can be manipulated for the performance of tricks, which with a conventional playing card deck would take years of practice.

Various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be made to the form of invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A deck of playing cards consisting of a plurality of conventional rectangular-shaped playing cards, each card being provided with separate horizontal and vertical retaining strips on opposite faces thereof, the transverse strip of one card being interconnected with the vertical strip of an adjacent card in a free sliding relation therewith.

2. As an article of manufacture, a playing card having an exposed transverse retaining strip at one side thereof and a vertically disposed retaining strip at the opposite side thereof, said strips being in non-connected relation with respect to each other.

3. As an article of manufacture, a deck of playing cards, the individual cards of which are formed with relatively right angled retaining strips on opposite sides thereof, the retaining strip of one card being connected to the facing retaining strip of an adjacent card in a sliding relation.

4. As an article of manufacture, a deck of playing cards, the individual cards of which are formed with relatively right angled retaining strips on opposite sides thereof, the retaining strip of one card being connected to the facing retaining strip of an adjacent card in a sliding relation which will permit of the lateral horizontal and angular movement of the cards of the deck and elongated extended movement.

5. A playing card comprising a pair of complementary card sections one of which is slitted to provide a transverse retaining strip and the other of which is slitted to provide a vertical retaining strip, and means to marginally interconnecting said sections to provide a card in which the retaining strips are not directly connected with relation to each other.

6. A deck of playing cards comprising individual substantially rectangular shaped cards having at one side thereof a narrow medial transverse attaching strip and at the other side thereof a narrow medial vertical attaching strip, the latter strips of the cards being slidably interconnected with the facing transverse strips of directly adjacent cards.

7. A deck of playing cards comprising individual substantially rectangular shaped cards having at one side thereof a narrow medial transverse attaching strip and at the other side thereof a narrow medial vertical attaching strip, the latter strips of the cards being slidably interconnected with the facing transverse strips of directly adjacent cards, in such manner as to permit transverse, angular and elongated sliding movement of the cards of the deck in relation to each other.

WILLIAM H. TUCKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,617,687 Munson Feb. 15, 1927 2,001,462 Hiller May 14, 1935 2,295,951 Jones Sept. 15, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 107,994 Australia Nov. 25, 1927 

